Is your business Funder-Ready?Get your Funder Readiness Score in 5 minutes.
Clinq tells African SMEs exactly what to fix to attract capital — then matches you with 1,000+ vetted funders across the continent.
Is your business ready to receive funding from an investor or bank?
Sign up to our platform and find out the steps your business needs to take to attract funding from lenders and investors.
AI-powered
Funder Readiness Score in minutes
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Automated Onboarding
Fast Setup
We automatically pull your business information from the web so you don't have to type it all in.
Instant Analysis
Just upload your pitch deck or financial documents, and our tool analyzes your business in under 5 minutes.
Funding Preview
Get an immediate look at which funders are the best fit for your company.
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Funder Readiness Audit
Funder Readiness Score
See exactly how prepared you are to receive funding with a simple score.
Identify Roadblocks
We point out potential issues that might stop you from getting funded.
Clear Roadmap
If you aren't quite ready yet, we give you a step-by-step plan with specific milestones and timelines to help you get there.
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Funder Outreach & Matchmaking
Data Room Prep
We help you organize all your documents so you have everything ready for funder meetings.
Expert Advice
We guide you on the best way to structure your funding, whether that is through debt, equity, or a mix of both.
Targeted Outreach
We build a list of the right funders for you and handle the outreach to get those conversations started.
High-conviction African deal flow, on tap.
Finding investment-ready SMEs in Africa is time-consuming and inefficient. Clinq turns a manual, high-friction scouting process into a streamlined, automated, and audit-ready workflow.
The Clinq Terminal
A Bloomberg-grade pipeline for African SMEs.
Stop waiting for deal flow to come to you. The Clinq Terminal is a professional-grade dashboard that surfaces mandate-matched, decision-ready SMEs in real time.
Verified Deal Flow
Every SME has passed our 3-Phase Funnel — cash flows, operational history, and data integrity verified before they ever hit your feed.
Granular Matching
Filter thousands of opportunities by sector, country, ticket size, EBITDA, or growth stage. Gender-lens or SDG-specific? Match instantly.
Mandate-Drift Prevention
Our AI Cross-Referencer makes sure the businesses you see fit your specific criteria — less time on off-mandate proposals.
Coverage
Deal flow across multiple African markets — vetted, verified, ready to underwrite.
Secure Data Rooms
NDA-gated Virtual Data Rooms on every SME profile. Access is restricted, monitored, and logged.
Audit-Grade Event Trail
Every interaction, document access, and profile update is fully tracked — a transparent history for every deal.
Benchmark Intelligence
Cohort analytics let you underwrite with confidence against sector and regional benchmarks.
Institutional & Audit-Ready
Compliance isn't an afterthought — it's the foundation.
We built Clinq to meet the standards required by DFIs and institutional capital. Every interaction is logged, every document is gated, every benchmark is sourced.
Featured Deals · Live
A live taste of African deal flow on the Terminal.
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Kenya
SME-9CEE
Fintech · Revenue
Readiness
Revenue
$3.4M
Ticket
$20.0M–$20.0M
Why Funders Choose Clinq
The old way vs. the Clinq way.
Before Clinq
The Old Way
Scouting
Manual, cold-calling, and fragmented outreach.
Due Diligence
Months of back-and-forth document gathering.
Compliance
Burdensome verification checks.
Gender-Lens
Challenging to track and report.
With Clinq
The Clinq Way
Scouting
Automated, mandate-matched, and real-time.
Due Diligence
Instant access to verified, audit-ready data.
Compliance
Built-in KYC and data protection standards.
Gender-Lens
Disaggregated, pre-verified reporting data.
Fundraising, without the guesswork.
At Clinq, we make it easier for African businesses to get the funding they need to grow. We replace the guesswork of fundraising with a clear, step-by-step process built on real data.
Live funder matching · across Africa
Our 3-Step Process
From first idea to "funder-ready" — one transparent path.
Step 1: The Snapshot
Take our 5-minute quiz to see which lenders and funders match your business profile.
- Auto-pulled business data
- Sector & stage profiling
- Funder pre-match
Step 1: The Snapshot
Take our 5-minute quiz to see which lenders and funders match your business profile.
- Auto-pulled business data
- Sector & stage profiling
- Funder pre-match
Step 1: The Snapshot
Take our 5-minute quiz to see which lenders and funders match your business profile.
- Auto-pulled business data
- Sector & stage profiling
- Funder pre-match
Step 2: The Deep Dive
We give your business a Funder Readiness Score from 0–100, showing exactly where you're strong and what to fix to become more attractive to funders over the next 12 months.
- Strengths & weaknesses
- 12-month improvement plan
- Milestone tracking
Step 2: The Deep Dive
We give your business a Funder Readiness Score from 0–100, showing exactly where you're strong and what to fix to become more attractive to funders over the next 12 months.
- Strengths & weaknesses
- 12-month improvement plan
- Milestone tracking
Step 2: The Deep Dive
We give your business a Funder Readiness Score from 0–100, showing exactly where you're strong and what to fix to become more attractive to funders over the next 12 months.
- Strengths & weaknesses
- 12-month improvement plan
- Milestone tracking
Step 3: Verification
We help you prepare official documents — verifying your business identity and creating a secure online data room to share information safely with funders.
- Business identity verified
- NDA-gated data room
- Funder-ready package
Step 3: Verification
We help you prepare official documents — verifying your business identity and creating a secure online data room to share information safely with funders.
- Business identity verified
- NDA-gated data room
- Funder-ready package
Step 3: Verification
We help you prepare official documents — verifying your business identity and creating a secure online data room to share information safely with funders.
- Business identity verified
- NDA-gated data room
- Funder-ready package
What Makes Us Different
Built for African founders — trusted by funders.
Four principles that shape every product decision we make.
Clear Feedback
We don't just give you a score — we explain exactly how to improve your business to get the capital you need.
Security First
We use the same high-level security as banks to keep your business data private and safe.
Ongoing Support
Fundraising takes time. Our AI Co-Pilot acts as your partner, checking in every 30 days until you get funded.
Local Rules
We understand and follow African data protection laws, keeping your information secure within the region.
Built across Africa
Nairobi. Lagos. Accra. Cape Town. Wherever you build, Clinq backs you.
Join the founders and funders building the future of African capital — one verified deal at a time.